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A Florida man who flew a small gyrocopter through protected Washington airspace before landing outside the U.S. Capitol last spring was seconds away from colliding with a Delta flight that had taken off from Reagan National Airport, prosecutors said. In a court filing Friday, prosecutors said Douglas...

GETTYSBURG (AP) — Supporters and opponents of the Confederate flag clashed verbally in opposing demonstrations at Gettysburg National Military Park, with tensions high at times. Cumberland Township police and park officers had to separate a few people Saturday afternoon before disagreements became...

HERSHEY (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic Party committee members went through a divisive process of buttonholing, cajoling and promising on Saturday but ultimately could not deliver endorsements in contested primary races for U.S. senator and state attorney general.As a result, the candidates will...

This is the second of three profiles of Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate before the April primary. — Joe Sestak was nearly elected U.S. senator six years ago, so it made sense when a man at a recent Muhlenberg College appearance asked him not about the foreign-policy strategies he was there...

The queue at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown Saturday was 100 people deep by the time the ticket window opened at 9 a.m.First in line were Jean Lewis and her 9-year-old daughter Nicole, of Perkasie, who got up before the crack of dawn for the IronPigs National Pig Day — the first day of single-game...

UPPER DARBY (AP) — The superintendent of a Delaware County school district has apologized for a class skit in which students dressed in Ku Klux Klan-like outfits.Superintendent Richard Dunlap of the Upper Darby School District sent a message to parents and the community Friday saying the skit was...

Spring comes early to the Lehigh Valley.Next weekend, March 11-13, the Lehigh Valley Flower Show, renamed and totally revamped, bursts into bloom. Expect a new experience as the show theme "Keeping up with the Joneses" is illustrated by displays arranged as a cluster of gardens within a gated community.

UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP — Three major companies with long histories in Upper Macungie Township are stepping up to pay for a $400,000 study that would explore the feasibility of adding an interchange to Interstate 78 at Adams Road. The impetus of the project is a familiar one in Upper Macungie:...

Northampton County has rolled out a new medical waste disposal program with hopes of improving the local environment and cutting back on prescription drug abuse.Using a $14,000 grant acquired by the district attorney's office, the county purchased 17 secure drop-off boxes. Police departments will...

BETHLEHEM – The Wilbur mansion, once the opulent brick home of a railroad baron, would become offices and the vacant Masonic Temple next door would be torn down as part of a larger redevelopment project pitched at a gateway into south Bethlehem. The Masonic Temple would be replaced with a 4.200-square-foot...